Early the next morning Thorntonwoke from a fitful sleep, then went out into the hallway outside his office. 25% were caused by injury and trauma and 11% were caused by heart conditions. Although post-traumatic stress symptoms showed a decline in the years after the hurricane, "one in six still had symptoms indicative of probable post-traumatic stress disorder.". They tried to use a trash can to create suction around the generator and pump the water out, but that plan failed. In some areas, floodwaters reached depths of 10 to 15 feet, and didnt recede for weeks. They had to find out if they could move these people. With Hurricane George, it was 36 to 48 hours. However, there was no water purification equipment on site, nor any chemical toilets, antibiotics, or anti-diarrheals stored for a crisis. A woman walks with a dog in the Lower Ninth Ward on May 16, 2015. Finally. Supplies were dangerously low, with one mother saying officials told her to reuse diapers by scraping them out when they got dirty. Supplies were running low, and as the National Guard began to ration things like water and diapers the crowd grew incensed and accused them of hoarding goods for their own use. Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia Although up to 1.7 million people were evacuated in Louisiana alone, hundreds of thousands of people were stranded during the hurricane. Thornton and his skeleton crew he only had 18 management staff and security officers there, along with the National Guard had to figure out how to best prepare the building to serve as a shelter. Socialist Alternative writes that police were given the task of "defending the private property of businesses like the GAP and casinos" rather than concentrating on rescuing people. The population of New Orleans fell from 484,674 in April 2000 to 230,172 in July 2006, a decrease of over 50%. This place wont be here in six days.. Spectacular Disaster: The Louisiana Superdome and Subsumed Blackness in Messed Up Things That Happened During Hurricane Katrina Do you think this is going to work? he asked. AP By 4:30 p.m., the winds were dying down and Thornton and Mouton went outside and surveyed the building. [33] False reports of gunshots also disrupted medical evacuations at the dome. Some trapped inside also believe the curse is real. And food was running short. Omissions? NPR reports that before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, "Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top Homeland Security officials received emails on their blackberries warning that Katrina posed a dire threat."
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